Lombard

• Lumbard, Lumbar
• (cannon): lombard

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic elements *langaz +‎ *bardaz; equivalent to long +‎ beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒmbɑːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑmbɑɹd/

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Lombard (plural Lombards)

1. (historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

   Synonym: Langobard

2. A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
3. (rare) A banker or moneylender.
4. (obsolete) A Lombard house.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:

     a Lombard unto this day signifying a bank for usury or pawns

5. (military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.

Lombard (countable and uncountable, plural Lombards)

1. A Romance language spoken in northern Italy and southern Switzerland.
2. (countable) A surname.
3. A ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana, United States, named after A. G. Lombard.

Lombard (comparative more Lombard, superlative most Lombard)

1. Of or relating to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.

• Lombard language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lombard terms
• Ethnologue entry for Lombard, lmo ⁠

Lombard m (plural Lombards, feminine Lombarde)

1. Lombard (resident or native of Lombardy)